(Exod 19:10, 14). The law they received from the Lord gave very specific instances when the Israelites were to wash their clothing as part of purification riturals-from touching the carcass of a clean animal that had died to touching something a person had touched who was having a natural discharge (Lev 11:25, 28, 40; 13:6, 34, 54-58; 14:8-9, 47; 15:5-6, 8, 10-11, 21-22; 17:15-16). The clergy and their assistants were to wash their clothing in connection with specific duties they performed (Lev 6:27; 16;26,28; Num 8:7, 21; 19:7-8, 10, 19,21). Again, because the washing of one’s clothing was done less frequently, the direction to do so was more arresting for those living in that era.